Abstracts tagged "Minority Health"

Abstract Number: 1917 • ACR Convergence 2024
Access to Rheumatology Care near Indian Health Service Hospitals for American Indian Communities
Tristan Furnary¹, Rachel Wallwork², Megan Lockwood³, Brooke Montgomery⁴, Caleb Bolden⁴, Siobhan Wescott⁵, Matthew Tobey⁴ and Marcy Bolster⁴, ¹Harvard Medical School, Brookline, MA, ²Johns Hopkins University, Towson, MD, ³Medstar Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, DC, ⁴Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁵University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
Background/Purpose: Geographic barriers to subspecialty care among American Indian (AI) populations are poorly defined. Mapping the geographic distribution of rheumatology providers is a crucial step…
Abstract Number: 1939 • ACR Convergence 2024
Patient’s Satisfaction with a Telerheumatology Program in a Remote Rural Area of Northern Pakistan
Tayyeba Khursheed¹, Usman A. Raza², Uzma Rasheed¹ and Wajahat Aziz¹, ¹Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences, Islamabad, Islamabad, Pakistan, ²ClaritasRx, South San Fransisco, CA
Background/Purpose: Telerheumatology has emerged as a promising tool for improving access to rheumatology services globally. Health delivery in remote rural areas is particularly challenging. Telerheumatology…
Abstract Number: 2533 • ACR Convergence 2024
Genome-wide Association of Rheumatoid Arthritis in the African Ancestry Identifies HLA Amino Acid Polymorphisms of Risk
Harrison Zhang¹, Saori Sakaue², Daniel Posner³, Jing Cui⁴, Dorris Yang⁵, Ashley Budu-Aggrey⁶, Yuk-Lam Ho³, Lauren Costa³, Rachael Matty³, Selena Huang¹, Paul Monach⁷, Kazuyoshi Ishaigaki⁸, Monika Maripuri⁷, Connor Melley⁷, Vidisha Tanukonda⁷, Rahul Sangar³, Gregory McDermott⁹, Mary Jeffway¹, Vincent Laufer¹⁰, Yukinori Okada¹¹, Ian Scott¹², S. Louis Bridges¹³, Kelly Cho³, Chuan Hong¹⁴, Jennifer E. Huffman¹⁵, Tianxi Cai¹⁶, Soumya Raychaudhuri¹ and Katherine Liao¹, and the VA Million Veteran Program, ¹Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ²Brigham and Women's Hospital, Cambridge, MA, ³U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Boston, MA, ⁴Brigham Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁵Harvard Medical School, Cambridge, MA, ⁶Bristol Medical School, Manchester, United Kingdom, ⁷VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, MA, ⁸Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, ⁹Brigham and Women's Hospital, Brookline, MA, ¹⁰Michigan Medicine, Birmingham, AL, ¹¹Graduate School of Medicine, the University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan, ¹²School of Medicine, Keele University, Keele, United Kingdom, ¹³Division of Rheumatology, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, ¹⁴Duke University, Durham, NC, ¹⁵VA Boston Healthcare System, Palo Alto, ¹⁶Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: The association between RA and the MHC is largely explained by five amino acid (AA) positions: DRB1 positions 11, 13, 71, and 74, HLA-B…
Abstract Number: 2554 • ACR Convergence 2024
Prevalence and Clinical Characteristics of Vasculitis in the Alaska Native and American Indian Peoples of Alaska
Ben Henderson¹, Vivek Mehta², Peter Holck², Tammy Choromanski², Amy Wilson², Flora Lee² and Elizabeth Ferucci², ¹University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA, ²Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium, Anchorage, AK
Background/Purpose: The objective of this study was to determine the prevalence and clinical characteristics of vasculitis in Alaska Native and American Indian (AN/AI) peoples of…
Abstract Number: PP12 • ACR Convergence 2024
Healing Together: The Role of Black, Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC) -Only Chronic Illness Spaces in Comprehensive Care
Sarah Shaw and JP Summers, Global Healthy Living Foundation, Upper Nyack, NY
Background/Purpose: As someone from the Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) community living with rheumatic conditions, I have experienced firsthand many challenges that people…
Abstract Number: 0160 • ACR Convergence 2024
Supplement Use in a Diverse Cohort of Individuals with SLE
Russell Ellyson¹, Jinoos Yazdany², S. Sam Lim³, Brad Pearce³ and Laura Plantinga⁴, ¹Alameda Health System, Highland Hospital, Oakland, CA, ²UCSF, San Francisco, CA, ³Emory University, Atlanta, GA, ⁴University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
Background/Purpose: Supplement use among individuals with SLE is not well-characterized, despite potential effects of some supplements on SLE activity or on treatments for SLE or…
Abstract Number: 0179 • ACR Convergence 2024
Bridging the Gap: Enhancing Diversity in Lupus Clinical Trials Through Investigator and Research Staff Engagement
Tessa Englund¹, Katherine Holben¹, Simone Frank², Khadeejatul-Kubraa Lawal¹, Julie Hsieh³, Christine Lee³ and Saira Sheikh¹, ¹University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, ²North Carolina Translational and Clinical Sciences Institute, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, ³U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, MD
Background/Purpose: Lupus disproportionately affects diverse racial and ethnic minority populations, yet there is a significant disparity between those affected and those enrolled in clinical trials.…
Abstract Number: 0180 • ACR Convergence 2024
Collaborative Solutions to Lupus Trial Challenges for Underrepresented Participant Recruitment & Engagement: Perspectives from the Lupus Clinical Investigators Network (LuCIN)
Brandon Jackson¹, Maria Dall'Era², Saira Sheikh³, Xueting Zhang⁴, Taylor Irons⁵, Claire Finney⁶, Taylor Adjei⁷, Jennifer Meriwether⁷, Caroline Donovan⁸, Carla Menezes⁹ and Stacie Bell¹⁰, ¹Lupus Research Alliance / Lupus Therapeutics, Miami, FL, ²UCSF, Corte Madera, CA, ³University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, ⁴Weill Cornell, New York, NY, ⁵Lupus Research Alliance / Lupus Therapeutics, Houston, ⁶Lupus Research Alliance / Lupus Therapeutics, Birmingham, AL, ⁷Lupus Research Alliance / Lupus Therapeutics, New York, NY, ⁸Lupus Research Alliance / Lupus Therapeutics, Arlington, VA, ⁹Lupus Research Alliance / Lupus Therapeutics, Brooklyn, NY, ¹⁰Lupus Therapeutics, Lakewood, CO
Background/Purpose: Racial and ethnic minority groups face higher lupus prevalence and severity and remain inadequately represented in lupus clinical trials. Lupus Therapeutics, the clinical affiliate…
Abstract Number: 0193 • ACR Convergence 2024
New York City Lupus Clinical Trials Education Program
Maya Souvignier¹, Leila Khalili¹, Wai Yan April Fu², Laura Geraldino³, Nancyanne Schmidt¹, Yevgeniya Gartshteyn⁴, Peter Izmirly⁵, Noa Schwartz⁶ and Anca Askanase¹, ¹Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, ²Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, NY, ³Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Columbia University, New York, NY, ⁴Columbia University Irving School of Medicine, New York, NY, ⁵New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY, ⁶Albert Einstein College of Medicine/Montefiore Medical Center, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: Clinical trial (CT) participation is essential for the advancement of treatment paradigms and should be considered part of clinical care in SLE. CTs fail…
Abstract Number: 0182 • ACR Convergence 2023
Impact of Neighborhood-level Child Opportunity on Disease Activity in Children with Lupus
Joyce Chang¹, Gabrielle Alonzi¹, Emily Smitherman², Pooja Patel³, Gabrielle Morgan⁴, Livie Huie⁵, Karen Costenbader⁶ and Mary Beth Son⁷, ¹Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, ²University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ³Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, IL, ⁴Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago and Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, ⁵University of Alabama at Birmingham, Gardendale, AL, ⁶Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ⁷Division of Immunology, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Racial disparities in outcomes of pediatric SLE (pSLE) have persisted over time. This may be mediated by structural racism, which segregates children belonging to…
Abstract Number: 0192 • ACR Convergence 2023
Demographic and Clinical Factors That Contribute to Clinical Study Enrollment in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Sean Inzerillo¹, Noa Schwartz², Leila Khalili¹, Wai Yan April Fu², Wei Tang¹, Laura Geraldino-Pardilla¹, Yevgeniya Gartshteyn³, Nancyanne Schmidt¹, Peter Izmirly⁴ and Anca Askanase⁵, ¹Division of Rheumatology, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, ²Division of Rheumatology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, NY, ³Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NJ, ⁴New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, ⁵Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: Participation in clinical trials is part of treatment for many patients with chronic diseases. However, patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), especially those of…
Abstract Number: 0252 • ACR Convergence 2023
Characterizing Granulomatous Mastitis: A Retrospective, Single-Institutional Case Series of a Racially and Ethnically Diverse Cohort
Lindsay Pattison¹, Bibi Ayesha², Anand Kumthekar³, Maureen McEvoy², Beth McLellan² and Inessa Gendlina², ¹Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, ²Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY, ³Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY
Background/Purpose: Granulomatous mastitis (GM) is a rare, chronic, inflammatory breast condition characterized by granulomatous inflammation affecting mainly minority women of childbearing age. Patients present with…
Abstract Number: 0995 • ACR Convergence 2023
Rheumatoid Arthritis Early Diagnostic Clinic: A Web-based Referral Tool Serving Ethnic Minority Patients
Mercedes Quinones¹, Sharon Dowell², Ilona Jileaeva³, Oshoze Kadiri³, Christopher Swearingen⁴ and Gail Kerr⁵, ¹Washington DC VA Medical Center, Bethesda, MD, ²NEA Baptist Memorial Hospital, Jonesboro, AR, ³Howard University, Washington, DC, ⁴Biosplice Therapeutics, Inc., San Diego, CA, ⁵Washington DC VAMC/Georgetown and Howard Universities, Washington, DC
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) data indicate a "window of opportunity" during which DMARD therapy is most effective in achieving early and sustained remission, hence expedited…
Abstract Number: 1002 • ACR Convergence 2023
Optimizing Rural Rheumatology Access: Collaborative Tele-Health Clinic Between University of North Carolina and Piedmont Health 1 Year Extension and Opportunities for Improvement
Prarthana Jain¹, Eli Tiller², John Doughton³, Rumey Ishizawar⁴ and Alfredo Rivadeneira⁴, ¹University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Division of Rheumatology, Allergy and Immunology, Thurston Arthritis Research Center, Pittsboro, NC, ²University of North Carolina Department of Family Medicine, Piedmont Health Services, Siler City, NC, ³University of North Carolina Department of Family Medicine, Piedmont Health Services, Prospect Hill, NC, ⁴University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, School of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Allergy, and Immunology, Thurston Arthritis Research Center, Chapel Hill, NC
Background/Purpose: Access to healthcare is challenging for racial and ethnic minorities, especially in medically underserved rural areas.1 This issue is particularly prevalent in North Carolina…
Abstract Number: 1019 • ACR Convergence 2023
Association of Historical Redlining and Present-Day Neighborhood Inequities with Missed Outpatient Appointments Among Individuals with Rheumatic Conditions
Sherry Yang¹, Leah Santacroce² and Candace Feldman², ¹Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ²Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Structural racism pervades U.S. history with continued effects on health inequities. Residential segregation serves as an example, where redlining maps outlined areas with high…

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